At a high-level event to remember and honour the victims of the genocide at Srebrenica 20 years ago, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said "the atrocious murder of Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica will forever weigh on the collective conscience of the international community." UNIFEED-UNTV

The UN International Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) upheld a life sentence against Zdravko Tolimir, a former senior military officer of the Army of the Republika Srpska, accused of crimes committed in Srebrenica and Zepa in 1995. ICTY

The the Secretary-General's Special Representative for Kosovo told the Security Council "that today's meeting took place at a key juncture of Kosovo's history”, adding in that last December “a new Kosovo government was formed, and it has committed to strengthening the rule of law and continued dialogue with Belgrade." UNIFEED-UNTV

The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the UN's principal judicial organ, has today rejected both Croatia's claim of genocide against Serbia and Serbia's counter-claim of genocide against Croatia. This Court's judgment is final and cannot be appealed against. ICJ

The president of Serbia appealed to the international community to help with recovery efforts after the country was hit by devastating floods last week which claimed dozens of lives and affected over 1.5 million people. UNIFEED – UNTV

The United Nations top official in Kosovo, Farid Zarif, told the Security Council that after the successful conduct of Kosovo-wide municipal elections, the process for the normalization of relations between Pristina and Belgrade "has passed an important milestone and has entered a critically and and broadly more challenging phase."

This year the International Day of the Girl Child (Friday 11 October) celebrates the use of innovation to advance girls’ education, looking at ways to get girls learning that are creative, effective, sustainable and just. UNICEF .